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By Vaidehi Shah Wednesday 4 February 2015

Students from Singaporersquos Nanyang Technological University (NTU) onMonday unveiled Singaporersquos first 3Dshyprinted solar electric car which has atop speed of 60 kilometres per hour

The car known as the NTU Venture 8 (NV8) was designed and built by NTUundergraduates and will compete in the Urban Concept category at oil giantShellrsquos annual Ecoshymarathon Asia at the end of the month

The student team behind the NV 8 shy Singaporersquos first Urban Concept car with a 3Dshyprinted body shell

The NV8rsquos body shell consists of 150 parts which were made on various 3Dprinters in NTU partner institutions and sponsor companies Theseincluded 3D printer manufacturers Stratasys and research centreSingaporeshyMIT Alliance for Research and Technology (SMART)

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Students from the Nanyang Technological University with the NV8 shy Singapores first 3Dprinted electric car shy and the NV9 an electric racecar Both vehicles will compete at theShell EcoshyMarathon Asia in Manila at the end of the month Image NanyangTechnological University

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The NV8rsquos unique honeycomb design which provides structural strength while keepingthe weight to a minimum

It took students three months to print and assemble the carrsquos chassis whichfeatures a honeycomb structure that makes it lightweight thin and strong

Weighing in at a mere 120 kilogrammes the electric vehicle is partiallypowered by handmade curved silicon solar cells mounted on to the carThese were also developed by the students

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Ng Heong Wah an NTU associate professor who mentored the studentssaid that the students opted to pursue ldquodisruptive innovationsrdquo rather thanadapt previous designs

ldquoThe 3D printed car body was pushing existing technology to the limitsrdquo hesaid adding that the electric car is ldquoSingaporersquos first and probably Asiarsquos first3Dshyprinted concept carrdquo

Shellrsquos Ecoshymarathon is an annual event which challenges students todesign build and drive a vehicle that can travel the furthest distance usingthe least amount of energy Competing teams can enter vehicles poweredby seven different energy types namely hydrogen (fuel cell) batteryelectric gasoline diesel Shell GasshytoshyLiquids (GTL) compressed naturalgas (CNG) and Ethanol E100 The 2015 event will be held inManila Philippines

In addition to the urban NV8 NTU students also unveiled the NV9 a threeshywheeled racer with the unique ability to navigate sharp corners at highspeeds thanks to a tilting function inspired by motorcycle racing

The NV9 an electric racecar whose aerodynamic design is inspired by motorcycles Thecar has the ability to tilt which allows it to navigate corners at high speeds

The car also mounted with solar cells will compete in the Shell Ecoshymarathonrsquos Prototype category which showcases futuristic prototypes thatmaximise fuel efficiency through innovative design

Winston Tan a finalshyyear electrical and electronic engineering student whoheaded the NV9 project said that the team ldquoaimed for it to be asstreamlined as possiblerdquo

ldquoThe resulting design looks like a fusion between a F1 racecar and a gliderplanerdquo he added

The two NTU teams consist of 16 students who spent a year building thecars at a facility called the Innovation Lab in the universityrsquos School of

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Last June the university launched a S$30 million Additive ManufacturingCentre (NAMC) to support research and development in 3D printing InDecember NAMC was subsumed under the newly established SingaporeCentre for 3D printing which was set up with S$113 million of funding fromthe university government and industry to drive research of 3D printingapplications in the marine and offshore building and construction andaerospace and defence sectors among others

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